Category Archives: Windows 2008

Cannot delete OU in SBS2008

When you attempt to delete an OU in Active Directory the system reports “this object is protected from accidental deletion”. 1. Start Active Directory Users and Computers 2. Click the View menu 3. Place a checkmark next to Advanced Features 4. Now right … Continue reading

Redirect Favorites Folder for XP using Windows 2008 GPO or SBS2008

The default GPO in SBS 2008 Small Business Server Folder Redirection will redirect teh Desktop, AppData and My Documents, but what about the Favorites folder, there is an option in the GPO to redirect the Favorites folder, but it does’nt … Continue reading

Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed via GPO

The following instructions allows you to create a GPO that enable the option for Empty Temporary Intenet files when browser is closed in Internet Explorer. This allows IE to clear the cache when the browser is closed. These instructions were written using … Continue reading

Display System Info on Users Desktop BGINFO

To display various system information on a users desktop, such as Computer Name, IP Address and host of other information, download sysinternal BgInfo from here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb545027.aspx If you would like to Install/Configure BgInfo via a GPO take a look at … Continue reading

Allow IIS7 to respond to mutiple domain

Let’s say for example that you have example.com and www.example.com. In IIS you create example.com. Attempting to browse to www.example.com will display the main IIS 7 webpage. This will occur even if you have your public DNS server point to the same … Continue reading